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Ten Things I’ve Learned in Sixty Years
It turns out, actually, that you don’t know all the answers
Every year brings with it an opportunity for reflection and learning, some more than others. For so many, 2020 has seemed like a year of unprecedented loss — of life, liberty, and the possibility of happiness. But life is long and the road is never straight. Here are some of the things I’ve learned in sixty years of living, some of which have helped me make it through this difficult year. And I’d love to see people post their own, so we can learn from each other’s journeys.
1. We never stop learning and we never should. There are few true mistakes in life — only lessons, only redirection, only those odd twists and turns that place you in the right place at the right time to receive. Stay open. Be vulnerable. Feel grateful.
2. No one is perfect. No, really — everyone is flawed in some way. Love them anyway.
3. Perhaps the most wonderful thing, the highest compliment, that anyone has ever said to me is this: you make me feel alive. I hope you have someone like this in your life: a bringer of light.
4. There is no reward without risk. It’s okay to make mistakes. It means you’re trying new things. It means you’re learning. Sometimes it means you’re sloppy, or even lazy, and that’s a…
